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NARRAGANSETT STATISTICS 1 s Pawtucket Stages Most Successful of Meeting of Modern Times. ?J ti . on Close to 8,000,000 Passed Through Tarl-Mutuel Windows High Fleet Takes A1 Three of Twenty Stakes. f The curtain fell September 2G on one of . the most successful race meetings ever con- by ducted. In consistent attendance and extraor- L. t; dinary mutuel handle Narragansett Park has set a mark for all competing tracks to shoot at. During the thirty-seven days th pari-mutucl handle amounted to 7,947,282, an average daily turnover of 85,062. The " greatest handle in any one day was ,010,- . 911, which amount passed through the win- r. dows Labor Day. Federal tax admissions, " plus state, city and town assessments approximated on ,250,000. Of this, amount the state received 28,154.87. " Nearly every star thoroughbred in America made at least one start a,t the meeting. Discovery ran the greatest race of his career when he finished second to Rosemont in the Narragansett Special; High Fleet established herself beyond doubt the champion three-year-old filly of the year; Cavalcade ran the last race of his distinguished career. 1 The roster of stake winners is impressive, " Aneroid, Rosemont, Privileged, Coramine, Appealing, High Fleet, Roustabout, Gallant . Gay, Miss Merriment, Esposa and,others. , By winning the Special Rosemont easily "i topped the list of winning horses, with High Fleet next, that sterling filly taking three Xpf the twenty stakes contested. Johnny Long- den was the star of the saddle, riding. thirty- J; nine winners, with Hightshoe next in line -with twenty-eight. Stevenson, Tucker and Seabo followed in the order named. Clyde Van Dusen headed the trainers, j; saddling sixteen winners. Closest to him came Codd, with twelve, Brusie, eleven, and ten each to Bieber and Tarn. - Total distribution to the horsemen j-amounted to 10,455, a daily average of 3,796.08. The following tabulation shows the leaders in each of their respective divisions. Following are the horses that won ,500 J or more: Horse. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Amt t Rosemont 1 0 0 2,100 ; High Fleet 3 0 0 12,600 Roustabout .-. 2 1 0 6,960 j Howard 2 1 1 6,840 Appealing 2 0 1 6,580 Privileged .............. 1 0" 0 6,170 Wcof ... 3 0 0 5,730 Esposa 1 0 0 4,710 .: Aneroid 1 0 0 4,095 Coramine 1 0 0 3,675 Lady Higloss 3 1 1 3,495 i Gallant Gay 1 0 0 3,195 Happy Knot 2 2 1 3,105 Rutland 4 0 0 3,060 Miss Merriment 1 0 0 3,045 1 Discovery 0 1 0 3,000 I Lt. Greenock 3.1 1 2,980 Up and Up 3 0 0 2,975 Mr. Blaze 1 4 0 2,925 , Fair Countess 3 1 0 2,795 , Balios 4 1 2 2,705 Ladfield 2 1 0 2,625 Dressy . 2 0 1 2,600 Shootin High 3 0 0 2,550 The following owners won ,000 or more: ; Owner. 1st 2nd. 3rd. Amt. Foxcatcher Farms 10 0 2,100 Dixiana 16 3 8 15,820 Widcnsr, G. D 3 0 0 12,775 Whitney, C. V. 6 4 4 11,430 Tarn, A. G 9 9 3 10,765 Calumet Farm Stable... 3 0 1 8,345 Codd, P. B 8 2 11 7,180 y Motor City Stable 2 0 1 6,610 Doris, Miss A 5 7 2 6,150 Panarella, S 1 1 0 5,930 Adams. W. W..... 3 3 2 5,870 Ascot Stable 5 5 1 4,780 Oaktrcc Stable 4 6 6 4,440 - Garth, Mrs. J. W. 5 0 3 4,300 Brunner. E 1 0 0 4,125 Araho Stable 4 3 6 4,033 Jockeys who piloted five or more winners are here presented: I Jockey. Mts. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Unp. P.C I . Longden, J 217 39 39 26 113 .18 J Hightshpe, R....152 28 18 20 86 .18.! j Stevenson. C 120 27 14 14 65 .22 1 Tucker, E 137 25 18 10 84 .18 I Seabo, G 133 23 11 21 78 .17 Swain, C 169 15 24 24 106 .09 Smith, A 103 14 14 6 69 .14 Porter, E..... 133 14 16 17 86 .11 Jackson, W. G... 92 13 15 9 55 .14 Anderson, 1 67 10 13 9 35 .15 Dabson, H. 62 10 8 4 40 .16 Knott, K. 75 8 11 10 46 .11 Barba, J. 60 6 2 5 47 .10 Deering, J 38 C 3 3 26 .16 Howell, R 53 6 5 3 39 .11 Griggs. C 86 5 8 7 66 .04 May. T 63 5 4 8 46 .03 Following are the trainers who saddled four or more winners: Trainer. Wins. Trainer. Wins. Van Dusen. C 16 Dunn, F. C... 4 Codd, P. B 12 Gorjv. J 4 Brusie, L. A 11 Gould, G 4 Bieber, P 10 Hartman, W 4 Tarn, A. G 10 Mayberry, G 4 I Trotter, C. H 7 McDonald, F. J... 4 Flemming, W. R.. 6 McKenna, J 4 Haughton, E 6 Robertson, R 4 Healey, J. A 6 Sorrentino, W.... 4 Campbell. H. L... 5 Young, H......... 4 Garth, J. W. 5 Haymaker, L.,... 4 Curran, R 4 Preece, F. 4 Eurch, H 4 Following is the list of stakes that were dCStakc: Date. Winner Value. Blackstone Valley Handicap, Aug. 15, Aneroid -A i"" A Shaxvomet Stakes, Aug. 19; Coramine, 3,G7o Aquidneck Claiming Stakes, Aug. 21; Ladfield Williams Handicap, Aug. 22; Appeal- Mary Dyer Handicap, Aug. 26; High Tercentenary Claiming Stakes, Aug. 28; Wacoche 1,725 Fall River Handicap, Aug. 29; Roustabout 4,910 Warren Handicap, Sept. 2; Gallant Gay 3,195 Lassie Claiming Stakes, Sept. 4; Woof 1,775 1 New England Oaks, Sept 5; High Fleet 4,830 1 What Cheer Handicap, Sept 7; Howard 4,930 1 Newport Handicap, Sept 9; Miss Merriment . ;. 3,045 Esek Hopkins Claiming Stakes, Sept. . 11; Lost Friend 1,575 Wayatt Handicap, Sept. 12; Privileged 6,170 Narragansett Special, Sept 16; Rosemont 32,100 La Fayette Claiming Stakes, Sept 18; . Up and Up 1,325 Weybosset Handicap, Sept 19; High - Fleet 4,770 JS,ew EnRland Juvenile Handicap, Sept. 23; Woof ; 3130 Beavertail Claiming Stakes, Sept. 25; Dressy r j 705 5 Rochambeau Handicap, Sept 26:" Es- posa 4,710 The percentage of winning favorites was 3 below normal, as shown in the subjoined 1 tabulation: Number of days - 37 r Number of races..... 296 3 Winning favorites "91 I Winning second choices? 59 Winning outsiders.... 151 I Winners at odds-on 11 1 Defeated at odds-on 16 3 Percentage of winning favorites.... 31 I .JFiycd.ead.heats wercinn.
